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OK......... this is quick but I hope it may help explain some of my workflow.
this is quick but maybe it will show whats up....
1. my workstation... big wacom & an alienware laptop....
2. Generate base skull in Modo
3. Reshape the skull to fit Boolean plug for hole
4. bring base into Zbrush I used layer brush to do the details and I made a flower alpha.
5. bring obj into matrix/rhino and decimate the mesh down to 150,000 poly or so. Looking into better decimation software.
6. one reduced I use Revo builder to generate tooling paths (revo is my mill and it's path builder is built into matrix)
7. this is my mill. the towels keep it clean. I'm lazy it's easier to wash towels the try to clean that thing out.
7.1 flat milling fixture- it allows you to mill both sides and make the wax fixture for rotation fixture.
7.2 Rotation fixture - mills on the rotation paths
8. now we have a wax - cast it and I have the silver bases. I patina them black then polish the bright surfaces so we have contrast....
I hope this helps. please feel free to ask me anything else.
the mill uses bits that are 6deg/.004in tips so the resolution is great.
I have grown things but you have to have perfect stls and milling I can be very very sloppy and still get great parts.
hmm the final milling paths run .002 distance between path and .002 steps along path.
that's all I can think of.
thanks for all the support and complimentary comments. I truly appreciate it.
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